Santa Train in Durham!

We are members of the Museum of Life & Sciences in Durham which definitely comes with it's perks. One of which is the ability to order "Santa Train" tickets early. It's their yearly fundraiser for the museum where you get to ride the outdoor train to the "north pole" so the kids can tell Santa what they want for Christmas. They also have hot chocolate, arts & crafts and face painting for the kids. Preordering for the tickets was no joke and a lot of the ideal time slots went quick! We were able to get tickets for us an several friends for a weeknight. It was cold and Arden was potentially getting sick, but we made it anyway. Our friends Tracy and Gavin and their kids, Harrison & Caroline and our friends Jen & John and their kids Connor & Gracie all came with us.

As predicted by Dave and I, Arden was very excited until Santa came up to her on the train. She's not a huge Santa fan yet this year. She likes the concept of Santa and keeps asking for him to bring her "pink lollipops" but actually seeing him is a different story. Kyla slept through the whole thing. But all of the other kids had a blast. After the train ride the kids drank hot chocolate and then got their face painted. But it was too cold to hang out for long!